A Big New World to Engineer: A FORTUNE 500 series profile on CH2M HILL

By: Marc Gunther
Source: FORTUNE

28 May, 2009 — We can't say with certainty what the world will look like 20 years from now, but experts are pretty sure about this: Population will grow from today's 6.8 billion to about 8 billion, over 5 billion people will live in cities, and they'll be buying more things, driving more cars, flying more often, throwing away more garbage, and using more power.

That will stress energy and water supplies, pump more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere - and create a vast array of business opportunities for an unusual Colorado-based engineering firm with an equally unusual name: CH2M Hill.

CH2M Hill gets big things built. The company, which arrived on the Fortune 500 list for the first time this year (with 2008 revenues of $5.6 billion, it ranks No. 436), manages engineering, construction, and operations projects on every continent but Antarctica. Among them are three of the world's most visible: the $5.3 billion expansion of the Panama Canal, the $14 billion development of the 2012 London Olympics, and the $22 billion construction of Masdar in Abu Dhabi, the world's first zero-carbon city.

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Headquartered near Denver, Colo., employee-owned CH2M HILL is a global leader in engineering, procurement, construction, management and operations for government, civil, industrial and energy clients. With $6.4 billion in revenue and more than 25,000 employees, CH2M HILL is an industry-leading program management, construction management and design firm, as ranked by Engineering News-Record (2008). The firm's work is concentrated in the areas of energy, water, transportation, environmental, nuclear and industrial facilities. The firm has long been recognized as a most-admired company and leading employer, including being named by FORTUNE as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For (2009).
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